3 smoked salmon creamy cucumber Recipes

cucumbers, lowfat cottage cheese, nonfat plain yogurt, chopped chives, divided, freshly ground black pepper, hot sauce (optional), flaked hot roasted smoked salmon or finely chopped pitted kalamata olives or spiral-sliced ham

watercress, stems removed, sliced smoked salmon, prepared horseradish, coarse-grain mustard, sour cream, chopped fresh dill, fresh lemon juice, kosher salt, black pepper, hothouse (seedless ) cucumber or 1 regular cucumber, quartered lengthwise and thickly sliced, lemon, cut into wedges (optional), bagel chips or 1 thinly sliced baguette